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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIcE.

ASA T. RING, OF NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO NATHANIEL T. SPEAR,OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, AND A. J. ROBINSON, OF MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

DEVICE FOR WTNDING SKEINS 0F THREAD.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 24,782, dated July 12, 1859.

To all 'whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, ASA T. RING, of Newton, in the county of Middlesexand in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented an ImprovedDevice for lVinding Thread; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference markedthereon.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

Figure l, represents a side view of two bobbins and Fig. 2, a verticalsection through one of the bobbins constructed after my improved plan.

The bobbins answer the purpose of revolving holding arms when the skeinis placed around them, as represented at a, Fig. l, for the purpose ofwinding the thread, silk, &c., from it. In making a device for thispurpose, it is important that it should be simple and of few parts. Itis also import-ant that it should be of such construction andarrangement as to be easily and quickly adapted to use under variouscircumstances and in different places. By reference to the followingdescription it will be seen that my device meets these conditions fully.It is also of such construction as to admit of its being applied orclamped to very delicate furniture without danger of injuring the same.

Each of the bobbins b, turns loosely upon a shank e, which is a littlelonger than the length of the bobbin, so as to allow it free play, asseen at 0, and is provided with a milled head (Z. This shank e, screwson the screw-threaded end Z, of a rod t, the lower portion of the shankbeing hollow and screw threaded as seen at z'. The rod tl, is fastenedto the lower part of a spring c, and passes through a hole m, in theupper part of said spring, the hole m, being sufficiently wide to letthe rod tl, freely play'through it.

It will be seen that b turning the milled head d, the shank e, willscrew up or down upon the screwthreaded rod Z, and by this means theopen ends of the lspring c', will bc either allowed to expand, or becompressed, so as vto adapt and fasten them to any piece of furniture,table, chair or the like, part of which is represented at n. It willalso be observed that whether screwing the shank up or down, thedistance always remains the same between the head of the shank and theupper surface of the spring 0, upon which the bobbin rests. Thus therojection n, to which the device is screwe may be thin or thick, thedevice can be firmly secured to it by screwing down the shank until theends of the spring firmly grasp the projection n, and yet the bobbinwill always freely play between the head (l, and the upper surface ofthe spring c. It will also be noticed that the two bobbins as seen atFig.

l, can be set at any desired distance from each other so as to adaptthem to skeins of various lengths.

Having described my device for winding thread, silk, &c., from theskein, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

The combination .of the clamping spring 0, screw and guide pin or rodtl, with the tight ening and supporting shank e, and bobbin when saidparts are constructed and a1'- ranged in relation to each othersubstantially as and for the purposes specified and shown.

ASA T. RING.

litnesses DUs'rIN LANCEY, SOLOMON ANDREWS.

